Local artist Lucinda Naylor is turning a negative into a positive. Many were enraged recently when Minnesota Catholic bishops sent out 400,000 DVDs expressing anti-gay marriage sentiments and urging church-going Minnesotans to vote accordingly. Rather than organizing a traditional protest, Naylor decided to turn the DVDs into a powerful piece of pro-tolerance art.

The renewal of El Midwest Canto al Pueblo on the back of the REDA building at 176 Cesar Chavez Street in St. Paul was celebrated October 29. The most recent repair, led by Pablo Basques, installed a mosaic version of the original mural painted by Basques in 1979.